Health, Safety and Wellness Fair

2025 Save the Date

The 2025 Health Safety and Wellness Fair is scheduled for Thursday, October 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Founding Deans Atrium (SCI_W_ATR).   

Please stop by the various booths that will include experts from Sun Life, TELUS Health, and more, view the pumpkins entered into this year's Pumpkin Carving Contest, and enter your name in a draw for a chance to win one of several prizes.

This page will be updated as details are finalized.

Pumpkin Carving Contest Returns

The Pumpkin Carving Contest returns! Staff/Faculty work together to carve and/or decorate a pumpkin for your chance of being crowned Pumpkin Carving Contest champions!

How it works:

1. Form a group of participants with your colleagues.
2. Have one colleague request a free pumpkin from the Wellness at Work team, by completing this Pumpkin Carving Contest - Pumpkin Request eForm by Wednesday, October 15.
3. The Wellness at Work team will connect with you to arrange pick-up/delivery to your location the week of October 20 (North and Downtown dates to be determined).
4. Choose which category you’d like to enter: Carving or Decorating
5. Work with your colleagues to create your pumpkin masterpiece
6. Bring your pumpkin and pumpkin submission form to the Science Building, Founding Deans Atrium on Thursday, October 30 (no later than 11 a.m.), to be displayed at the Health, Safety and Wellness Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
7. Pumpkins are yours to keep - please remove your pumpkin from the Atrium by 5pm

Judging:

Pumpkins will be viewed during the Health Safety and Wellness Fair and then pictures shared with the Ontario Tech Community to vote on the best carved and best decorated pumpkin from each category. 

Please direct questions to wellnessatwork@ontariotechu.ca.  

Questions

Please email wellnessatwork@ontariotechu.ca if you have questions or need more information about the upcoming fair.  Hope to see you there!